Videos

In keeping with its aim to provide second-to-none support and advice, Shift 4 regularly produces videos that review new equipment, offer step-by-step guidelines for operation and describe technological advancements for all to understand.

This video by UK facilities hire company Shift 4 looks at anamorphic lenses, including what anamorphic means and the specific characteristics of Cooke's Anamorphic/I Prime Lenses currently available to hire from Shift 4.

WHAT IS ANAMORPHIC?
Anamorphic lenses were first widely used in the 1950s to achieve a wider frame than the standard 35mm 4:3 film was able to produce at the time. Since then they’ve been used in the production of countless featur...

Shift 4 present this comparison of three of the most popular cameras on the market today for self-shooters: Sony's PMW-300, Sony's PMW-200 and Canon's XF305. Video produced in house at Shift 4 and shot on the Sony PMW-F55 with Cooke S4i lenses.

Shift 4 presents this short overview of Floatcam's Dollycrane SD. An all-in-one solution for multi-axis tracking, jibing and motion control time-lapse photography.
Produced at Shift 4 HQ on the ARRI ALEXA with Angenieux Optimos.

The S4 TriCaster Studio's most recent project was Willis Resilience TV - a Shift 4 project for Captive Minds Communications Group. This time-lapse video shows the studio being installed in the reception of The Willis Building in the City of London. Read more about the project here: www.shift-4.com/s4-tricaster-studio